Production house Monogram has added director Justin Warias to its roster. His body of work includes campaigns for Fusion, McDonald’s, NFL, the ASPCA, Bioré, Doritos, Klondike and Post-It Notes. In the music world, Warias has collaborated on video projects with Andy Samberg, T-Pain, Akon and multiple up-and-coming independent artists.
Warias’ background as a cinematographer, along with his comedic sensibility and eye for casting gives his work the punch and the punch lines that can deliver cleverly constructed content, both branded and otherwise. Warias hails from Princeton, NJ, where he cut his teeth shooting his pro skateboard friends in his teens and twenties. He received a Master’s degree in Film Production from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he was awarded the Ian Conner cinematography award. He then successfully extended his reach to directing, honing a unique cinematic style from his experience as a photographer and years of work with commercial comedy shop Hungry Man in such capacities as writer and content manager.
Monogram, part of the Klip Collective family, is a creative production and post company for commercial, corporate and entertainment productions, featuring color grading, visual effects, VR, motion graphics, and editorial in a seamless digital environment.
Sean “Diddy” Combs seeks bail, citing changed circumstances and new evidence
Sean "Diddy" Combs filed a new request for bail on Friday, saying changed circumstances, along with new evidence, mean the hip-hop mogul should be allowed to prepare for a May trial from outside jail.
Lawyers for Combs filed the request in Manhattan federal court, where his previous requests for bail have been rejected by two judges since his September arrest on racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges.
He has pleaded not guilty to charges that he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees, while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
He has been awaiting a May 5 trial at a federal detention facility in Brooklyn.
In their new court filing, lawyers for Combs say they are proposing a "far more robust" bail package that would subject the entertainer to strict around-the-clock security monitoring and near-total restrictions on his ability to contact anyone but his lawyers. But the amount of money they attach to the package remains $50 million, as they proposed before.
They also cite new evidence that they say "makes clear that the government's case is thin." That evidence, the lawyers said, refutes the government's claim that a March 2016 video showing Combs physically assaulting his then-girlfriend occurred during a coerced "freak off," a sexually driven event described in the indictment against Combs.
They wrote that the encounter was instead "a minutes-long glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship" between Combs and his then-girlfriend.
The lawyers argued that the jail conditions Combs is experiencing at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn violate his constitutional... Read More